by Barry Bandara | Nov 24, 2020
Finding Some WINS in a No-Win COVID World The Kobayashi Maru is a training exercise in the fictional Star Trek universe designed to test the character of Starfleet Academy cadets in a no-win scenario. James T. Kirk failed his first two Kobayashi Maru tests. Before his...
by Barry Bandara | Sep 28, 2019
I went to India for the first time in 2008. It was an incredible experience to share the gospel halfway around the world. It was also exciting to witness so many people who came to the Lord, many of whom had never heard of Jesus and the gospel before. While my trip to...
by Barry Bandara | Sep 5, 2018
On Sunday, September 2, I launched our new ministry year with a special messaged called, “Church: What is it? Who is it for?” There were a number of people that commented afterwards, “This was so helpful. I understand so much better now.” The only problem is that I...
by Barry Bandara | Aug 31, 2018
We picked a bad time to do something great. We chose the last Sunday night of the summer to thank the many people who make GracePoint the vibrant church we are today. Seriously, the end of the summer? Several had doubts that many would come. Would the auditorium be...
by Barry Bandara | Dec 11, 2017
In 2015, the San Francisco 49ers sent up their film crew to interview me and my family at GracePoint Church. They heard that I was a 49er fan pastoring in a Seattle Seahawk crazed churched. It was a part of an award winning segment called “The Faithful”...
by Barry Bandara | Sep 3, 2017
My history with our church began in 1991. This video tells a brief story of what God has done…...
